Beschreibung:
This book presents the intellectual production of the first phase of the Cooperative Research Project on Agricultural Technology in Latin America (PROTAAL) and the most relevant papers presented by invitees at a meeting held in San Jose, Costa Rica in September 1981.
List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- PART 1: TECHNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES -- PART II: A LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE: SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE -- PART III: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION IN LATIN AMERICA: ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE -- Appendix -- Conclusions: Towards an Interpretation of Technical Change in Latin American Agriculture -- References.